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Carrum (South-Eastern Metropolitan) · State Electorate

Health & Disability in Carrum (South-Eastern Metropolitan)

Long-term health conditions and the need for help with everyday activities.

More people in Carrum now need help with daily tasks than in 2016, mirroring a broader trend of rising health needs. About 30.7% of residents live with a long-term health condition, which is well above the Victorian average. This highlights a community with significant health challenges across both physical and mental wellbeing.

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📍 Carrum (South-Eastern Metropolitan), State Electorate

Where Carrum (South-Eastern Metropolitan) sits — People with a long-term health condition

30.7%

All state electorate areas, 2021. The marker is Carrum (South-Eastern Metropolitan) — higher than 67% of areas.

Carrum (South-Eastern Metropolitan)30.7%
Greater Melbourne 25.5%
Victoria 27.4%

Health conditions

Long-term conditions people report.

Long-term health conditions are more common here than in most areas, with 10.4% of people reporting a mental health condition. This is a little above the national figure of 8.8%, while asthma and arthritis are also frequently reported.

Number of long-term health conditions

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In Carrum (South-Eastern Metropolitan), None is the majority at 67%; One condition is next at 22%.

None 62.2% One condition 20.7% Two conditions 6.7% Three or more 3.3%

Long-term health conditions reported

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Carrum (South-Eastern Metropolitan) splits fairly evenly between Mental health (20%) and Asthma (19%), with Arthritis at 16%.

Mental health 10.4% Asthma 9.9% Arthritis 8.7% Other condition 8.4% Diabetes 5.3% Heart disease 4.0% Cancer 2.9% Lung condition 1.9% Stroke 1.1% Dementia 0.6%

Need for assistance

People needing help with daily activities.

About 5.9% of people in Carrum need help with daily activities, a figure that rose 1.1 percentage points since 2016. This is about the same as the rates seen across Victoria and Australia.

People needing help with daily activities

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5.9% —

Higher than 56% of state electorate areas.

Share of people with a core-activity need for assistance due to disability or age.

Sources

  • Census of Population and Housing — Australian Bureau of Statistics, 2021 (CC BY 4.0).

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Australian Bureau of Statistics. (2021). Health & Disability in Carrum (South-Eastern Metropolitan) [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sed/SED21805/carrum/topic/health-disability